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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1974-01-24

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1974-01-24, page 01

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VOL. 52 NO. 4
JANUARY.24, 1974 - SHEVAT 1
CARACAS, . (JTA)--Jewish participation in movements calling for social change in Latin America was cited as a significant fact oLcurrent Jewish affairs on this continent. This was discussed at the recently endedsecond Latin American Jewish Youth Conference held in Bogota and Barranquilla, Colombia under B'nai B'rith auspices. Delegates from Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile and Panama gathered to discuss the role of youth in the future of Latin American Jewry. Chile under the deposed Salvador Allende, Panama under its current ruler, Gen. Omar Torrijos, and Argentina under the newly initiated Peron regime were mentioned as three lands where Jews were or are working in the govern¬ ment. Concentrating more on the state of Jewish life in . Latin America than on politics, the participants :>, demanded less external ostentation and greater em¬ phasis on education training of Jewish professionals and putting in practice Jewish ethical values.
NEW YORK (WNS)-In a statement marking Martin Luther King Day, Rabbi Balbow-Brickner, director of the New York Federation or Reform Synagogues, urged Jews and Black to renew their old working coaution in New York City for improved housing, ef¬ fective schools, increased job opportunities and sen: sitizing a state and city government towards the need of its' minority groups. He noted that New York City once me most liberal and tolerant city in the country has become "a community os isolated withdrawn communities, characterized more by polarization and, hate-then'by cooperation and understanding." He urged Black and Jewish leaders to oppose those in the two communities seeking "separatism and with¬ drawal" and to explore common working projects in local communities for both groups.
Cite Treatment Of Panovs Behind Tour Cancellation
Israel And Egypt Agree On Disengagement; Called First Step To Peace In Middle East
JERUSALEM (WNS)-- After a week in which Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger and his aides flew back and forth between Israel three times, the two> countries announced that they had^-reached an agJFesnjLerrt on -the disengagement and separation of their military forces. The agreement was scheduled to be! signed by the chiefs of staff of Israel and Egypt at the Kilometer 101 checkpoint on the Suez-Cairo
road. President Nixon an¬ nounced the agreement in a live television appearance in Washington calling it "the first significant step toward, a permanent peace in the Middle East." President Nixon said the an: nouncement was being made simultaneously in Cairo and Jerusalem as well as Washington. He did. not mention Moscow and there was no explanation for this even though the USSR is a co-sponsor with the U.S; of
the Geneva peace con- men- and 30 tanks but no ference and earlier reports SAM missiles on the east said the announcement bank of the Suez Canal; the would be made i United Nations Emergency
simultaneously in the four I Force. (UNEF) to occupy a capitals.1 The an- ^tainlle— corridor between nouncements did. not give the passes and the Suez
any details of the agreement. However, un¬ confirmed and unofficial reports "said the
disengagement agreement provides for ah Israeli pullback to the Mitla: and Gidi passes; Egypt to retain eight battalions-about 3000
Canal; and Egypt to occupy the east bank tip to the UNEE. Some observers in Washington noted that the disengagement accord is little more than an im¬ plementation of the six-point agreement signed Nov. 11
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)
Oppose Israel Law Dehying Non-Orthodox Conversions
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Reform and Conservative
groups here have voiced
strong opposition to Premier
Golda Meir forming a new
% coalition, government which
• I would -accede -. to the
*"> demarrdaoHsrael's National-
Religious Party by changing the Law of -Return thus denying the vaTfcRty^ of conversions by non- Orthodox rabbis anywhere in the world. The lay and rabbinic .arms of the two -branchesof Judaism termed
NEW YORK, (JTA)-The Soviet government's mistreatment of Valery and Gilna Panov was cited on Jan. 16 for the sudden cancellations of the 1974 American tour of the Kirov Ballet which was to have begun next July. Columbia Artists Management of New York, promoters of the tour, conceded that the Panov case was a factor but in¬ sisted mat the cancellation was' due mainly to the energy crisis which made it, impossible to arrange charter flights to transport the 165-member Leningrad ballet company and their equipment between American cities. According to Columbia officials, the tour was "postponed". The earliest re-scheduling date was put at some time in 1977. The cancellation an¬ nouncement came as protests mounted in circles concerned with the situation of Soviet Jews against the Kirov tour at a time when 'the troupe's former prin¬ cipal performers, Valery and Galina Panov, were being subjected to harassment and hardship for having applied two years ago for visas to emigrate to Israel.
prominent Washington, D.C. Jewish community mem¬ bers stated in a letter to officials of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts that if the Soviet government does not allow Valery and Galina Panov their right to emigrate, the Kirov Ballet should not be allowed to tour the U.S. The letter, addressed to Martin Feinstein, • the Center's executive director, said, "The personal restrictions placed oh the Panovs hold significant and disturbing implications for artistic freedom and true cultural exchange with the Soviet Union." Bert Silver, chairman of the commission on international affairs of the American Jewish Congress in Washington, said he was in contact with Columbia Artists Management, and with the New York City Center which planned to present the ballet at Lincoln Center. According to Silver, the Center's executive committee wrote, to Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dborynin that "The personal freedom of Mr. and Mrs. Valery Panov is essential to the successful appearances of the Kirov Ballet in this country...and
the pressure by the NRP "an irresponsible exercise of political power which would' be an injustice to the views of the majority of Israel's citizens and an affront to the majority/ of Jews living outside the'State of. Israel." They felt that in recognizing only the con¬ versions of Orthodox Judaism almost two-thirds of religious Jews throughout the world will be "categorized as second-class citizens." The Jewish
leaders believed that such a change would "endanger Jewish unity at a tinielvhen that unity is needed more than ever." The statement was issued by: Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform);, Rab- •'.binical .Assembly (Con- ' servative); Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reform), United Synagogue of America (Conservative), World Council of Synagogues
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
Left to right seated: Jean Stone, Governor Gilligan and Arlene Roth.
Standing left to right: Marsha Green, Roz Sonen- steln, and Betsy Levy.
Celebrate Council Week Locally
Federation Campaign Moves I; Results "Not Enough"
Recently/ a group "TH*"* (continueo on page \»
Governor Gilligan recently signed a proclamation declaring Jan. 13-20 as "National Council of Jewish Women Week". Present at the signing with the Governor were. Jean Stone, Columbus Section President, Arlene Roth, P.R. Chairwoman, Marsha Green, Evening Branch President, Roz Sonenstein, Section Education Vice Pres., Betsy Levy, Coun- cillettes Representative.
Locally,- Council has honored all new members and all "Life" members by holding teas in their honor.
/NCJW highlights its founders in January in honor of its beginnings, more .than 80 years ago, as one of the first major Jewish women's organizations in the United States. '■■':',.«.'
Council women have brightened, the lives of others by working with government
and private agencies in education, health and welfare=. to. create equal opportunity and justice for all our citizens, no matter how young, old, poor or
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 15)
ieviewing the ac- tfmplishments of the past our months since Yom Kippur night, Norman Meizlish, President reported that by the end of the year the Jewish Federation sent the UNITED JEWISH APPEAL $2,500,000 in cash, collected from those who made cash Israel Emergency gifts, paid up their pledges, and made
Fackenheim At Hillel Tonight
Each year an outstanding scholar in Judaic Studies is Invited to the Ohio State University for a series of lectures, seminars and discussions with the students and faculty as part of the Rabbi Harry Kaplan Scholar - in - Residence program. This program was initiated by the friends and colleagues of die late Rabbi Harry Kaplan, who served- as the Director of the, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation from 1935 to 1969. This year Emil L. Fackenheim has been selected as the Scholar- in-Residence. '."..
Professor Fackenheim received his rabbinic degree in Berlin and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto. His writings are in¬ ternationally recognized and include: "Paths to Jewish Belief J' "Quest for Past and Future, "Essays in Jewish Theology" and most recently "Encounter Bet¬ ween Judaism and-Modern Philosophy-" He currently is editor of "Judaism.^ ,
Dr. Fackenheim will present several, programs to which the community is
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
payments in advance on their 1974-pledges.
Despite the fact that more than three million dollars has been pledged to the 1974 United Jewish Fund Cam¬ paign, the results, as yet, are "not enough" according to Millard Cummins, campaign chairman. ,
"The national United Jewish Appeal is asking every community to raise at least two and a half times its results in the 1973 campaign in order to achieve a nationwide goal of $900,000,000. This means we are still far short of what our final objective of $6,000,000 should be."
"The campaign cabinet has started to review every individual's potential, whether they have already given or whether they have as yet, not been contacted. To those who have not yet made their commitments, we con very our apologies for not having seen to it that you were called on. However, the campaign is how in full swing and we trust that everyone who is asked for a
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LIBRAHY, OHIO Ht8T0ni0AL SOCIETY .1002 VELM^ AVE. COLS. 0. 43E11 EXGH
f ' ', demanded less external ostentation and greater em¬ phasis on education training of Jewish professionals and putting in practice Jewish ethical values.
NEW YORK (WNS)-In a statement marking Martin Luther King Day, Rabbi Balbow-Brickner, director of the New York Federation or Reform Synagogues, urged Jews and Black to renew their old working coaution in New York City for improved housing, ef¬ fective schools, increased job opportunities and sen: sitizing a state and city government towards the need of its' minority groups. He noted that New York City once me most liberal and tolerant city in the country has become "a community os isolated withdrawn communities, characterized more by polarization and, hate-then'by cooperation and understanding." He urged Black and Jewish leaders to oppose those in the two communities seeking "separatism and with¬ drawal" and to explore common working projects in local communities for both groups.
Cite Treatment Of Panovs Behind Tour Cancellation
Israel And Egypt Agree On Disengagement; Called First Step To Peace In Middle East
JERUSALEM (WNS)-- After a week in which Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger and his aides flew back and forth between Israel three times, the two> countries announced that they had^-reached an agJFesnjLerrt on -the disengagement and separation of their military forces. The agreement was scheduled to be! signed by the chiefs of staff of Israel and Egypt at the Kilometer 101 checkpoint on the Suez-Cairo
road. President Nixon an¬ nounced the agreement in a live television appearance in Washington calling it "the first significant step toward, a permanent peace in the Middle East." President Nixon said the an: nouncement was being made simultaneously in Cairo and Jerusalem as well as Washington. He did. not mention Moscow and there was no explanation for this even though the USSR is a co-sponsor with the U.S; of
the Geneva peace con- men- and 30 tanks but no ference and earlier reports SAM missiles on the east said the announcement bank of the Suez Canal; the would be made i United Nations Emergency
simultaneously in the four I Force. (UNEF) to occupy a capitals.1 The an- ^tainlle— corridor between nouncements did. not give the passes and the Suez
any details of the agreement. However, un¬ confirmed and unofficial reports "said the
disengagement agreement provides for ah Israeli pullback to the Mitla: and Gidi passes; Egypt to retain eight battalions-about 3000
Canal; and Egypt to occupy the east bank tip to the UNEE. Some observers in Washington noted that the disengagement accord is little more than an im¬ plementation of the six-point agreement signed Nov. 11
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)
Oppose Israel Law Dehying Non-Orthodox Conversions
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Reform and Conservative
groups here have voiced
strong opposition to Premier
Golda Meir forming a new
% coalition, government which
• I would -accede -. to the
*"> demarrdaoHsrael's National-
Religious Party by changing the Law of -Return thus denying the vaTfcRty^ of conversions by non- Orthodox rabbis anywhere in the world. The lay and rabbinic .arms of the two -branchesof Judaism termed
NEW YORK, (JTA)-The Soviet government's mistreatment of Valery and Gilna Panov was cited on Jan. 16 for the sudden cancellations of the 1974 American tour of the Kirov Ballet which was to have begun next July. Columbia Artists Management of New York, promoters of the tour, conceded that the Panov case was a factor but in¬ sisted mat the cancellation was' due mainly to the energy crisis which made it, impossible to arrange charter flights to transport the 165-member Leningrad ballet company and their equipment between American cities. According to Columbia officials, the tour was "postponed". The earliest re-scheduling date was put at some time in 1977. The cancellation an¬ nouncement came as protests mounted in circles concerned with the situation of Soviet Jews against the Kirov tour at a time when 'the troupe's former prin¬ cipal performers, Valery and Galina Panov, were being subjected to harassment and hardship for having applied two years ago for visas to emigrate to Israel.
prominent Washington, D.C. Jewish community mem¬ bers stated in a letter to officials of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts that if the Soviet government does not allow Valery and Galina Panov their right to emigrate, the Kirov Ballet should not be allowed to tour the U.S. The letter, addressed to Martin Feinstein, • the Center's executive director, said, "The personal restrictions placed oh the Panovs hold significant and disturbing implications for artistic freedom and true cultural exchange with the Soviet Union." Bert Silver, chairman of the commission on international affairs of the American Jewish Congress in Washington, said he was in contact with Columbia Artists Management, and with the New York City Center which planned to present the ballet at Lincoln Center. According to Silver, the Center's executive committee wrote, to Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dborynin that "The personal freedom of Mr. and Mrs. Valery Panov is essential to the successful appearances of the Kirov Ballet in this country...and
the pressure by the NRP "an irresponsible exercise of political power which would' be an injustice to the views of the majority of Israel's citizens and an affront to the majority/ of Jews living outside the'State of. Israel." They felt that in recognizing only the con¬ versions of Orthodox Judaism almost two-thirds of religious Jews throughout the world will be "categorized as second-class citizens." The Jewish
leaders believed that such a change would "endanger Jewish unity at a tinielvhen that unity is needed more than ever." The statement was issued by: Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform);, Rab- •'.binical .Assembly (Con- ' servative); Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reform), United Synagogue of America (Conservative), World Council of Synagogues
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
Left to right seated: Jean Stone, Governor Gilligan and Arlene Roth.
Standing left to right: Marsha Green, Roz Sonen- steln, and Betsy Levy.
Celebrate Council Week Locally
Federation Campaign Moves I; Results "Not Enough"
Recently/ a group "TH*"* (continueo on page \»
Governor Gilligan recently signed a proclamation declaring Jan. 13-20 as "National Council of Jewish Women Week". Present at the signing with the Governor were. Jean Stone, Columbus Section President, Arlene Roth, P.R. Chairwoman, Marsha Green, Evening Branch President, Roz Sonenstein, Section Education Vice Pres., Betsy Levy, Coun- cillettes Representative.
Locally,- Council has honored all new members and all "Life" members by holding teas in their honor.
/NCJW highlights its founders in January in honor of its beginnings, more .than 80 years ago, as one of the first major Jewish women's organizations in the United States. '■■':',.«.'
Council women have brightened, the lives of others by working with government
and private agencies in education, health and welfare=. to. create equal opportunity and justice for all our citizens, no matter how young, old, poor or
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 15)
ieviewing the ac- tfmplishments of the past our months since Yom Kippur night, Norman Meizlish, President reported that by the end of the year the Jewish Federation sent the UNITED JEWISH APPEAL $2,500,000 in cash, collected from those who made cash Israel Emergency gifts, paid up their pledges, and made
Fackenheim At Hillel Tonight
Each year an outstanding scholar in Judaic Studies is Invited to the Ohio State University for a series of lectures, seminars and discussions with the students and faculty as part of the Rabbi Harry Kaplan Scholar - in - Residence program. This program was initiated by the friends and colleagues of die late Rabbi Harry Kaplan, who served- as the Director of the, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation from 1935 to 1969. This year Emil L. Fackenheim has been selected as the Scholar- in-Residence. '."..
Professor Fackenheim received his rabbinic degree in Berlin and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto. His writings are in¬ ternationally recognized and include: "Paths to Jewish Belief J' "Quest for Past and Future, "Essays in Jewish Theology" and most recently "Encounter Bet¬ ween Judaism and-Modern Philosophy-" He currently is editor of "Judaism.^ ,
Dr. Fackenheim will present several, programs to which the community is
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
payments in advance on their 1974-pledges.
Despite the fact that more than three million dollars has been pledged to the 1974 United Jewish Fund Cam¬ paign, the results, as yet, are "not enough" according to Millard Cummins, campaign chairman. ,
"The national United Jewish Appeal is asking every community to raise at least two and a half times its results in the 1973 campaign in order to achieve a nationwide goal of $900,000,000. This means we are still far short of what our final objective of $6,000,000 should be."
"The campaign cabinet has started to review every individual's potential, whether they have already given or whether they have as yet, not been contacted. To those who have not yet made their commitments, we con very our apologies for not having seen to it that you were called on. However, the campaign is how in full swing and we trust that everyone who is asked for a
(CONTINUED ON PACE 15)
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